ProQuest Dissertations & Theses as an OpenURL Target

Linking using the ProQuest assigned publication number: Use the URL below, the only thing that will change is the publication number which is at the end of the URL. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.library.cairn.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss &rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3040836

Linking using Meta-Data: Using the below URL as a guide, construct an OpenURL with the appropriate Meta-Data.  Everything in red must be included and not changed. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.library.cairn.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss &rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&genre=dissertation &title=Academic+integrity+and+the+Internet.&au=Zelna%2C+Carrie+Lynn&aulast=Zelna&auinit=CL&auinit1=
C&auinitm=L &inst=North+Carolina+State+University.
& degree=Ph.D.&date=2002 &advisor=Hessling%2C+Peter+A.&isbn=0493542019

Note the Meta-Data tags in the URL

title=	Title of the Dissertation
au=	Author’s Name – Last, First, Middle
aulast=	Author’s Last Name
auinit=	Author’s Initials
auinit1=	Author’s First Initial
auinitm=	Author’s Middle Initial
inst=	Institution Name
degree=	Degree Earned
date=	Year Dissertation Published
advisor=	Advisor’s Name – Last, First, Middle
isbn=	ISBN Number

Some other notes about linking into the Dissertations:

• The title needs to be URL escaped.
• Punctuation does matter so there will need to be a comma between the last name and first as well as appropriate periods in the degree. 
  We recommend removing all punctuation characters from titles for best results.
• Al l the Meta-Data except for the ISBN is AND’ed together.  If any one piece doesn’t match the index record in our system, the OpenURL will retrieve no results. 
  If a peice of Meta-Data is not known to be valid, leave it out.  This may result in some extra results to look through, but it will prevent getting a flase "No Results Matched".
• If the au tag is populated then the other author sub-tags are ignored
• ISBN, if present, is OR’ed with the rest of the Meta-Data